Hi, I'd like to add a few words.<br>When I first listen to your
soundfile I was very disappointed (I said to myself that this is an
excess of intention or just a buggy soundfile), but after reading the
other mails I definitely think that this is something to be criticized.<br>
<br>No offense, but here it goes:<br><br>You can not advertise
something to be something that it isn't. I mean, sorry, but did you
even read the article about tech house on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techhouse" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> or the <a href="http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/" target="_blank">Ishkur's guide to electronic music</a>
sound examples on tech house. And you can not say that this file is
just "unprocessed", I mean if you look at the waveform and listen to
the sound there's obviously something wrong with it, a codec problem or
just a bad recording.<br>
My belief is, although experimenting with linux audio can be a very
consistent and creative result, this doesn't mean that you can easily
get a piece of music or even a piece of noise and show it to anyone. I love noise, drones and experimental sound, but also
in this case the redundancy its something hard to avoid and an art to achieve.<br>
<br>Patrick, you should be honest about your soundfile and you should
try to be more careful and respectful when you want a feedback from
the list.<br><br>That was on my mind...<br>I wish you all the best and a lot of fun with linux audio stuff<br>
<br>marius<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Patrick Shirkey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pshirkey@boosthardware.com">pshirkey@boosthardware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im"><br>
On 01/30/2010 07:26 PM, Atte André Jensen wrote:<br>
> Patrick Shirkey wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
>> I'm continually surprised and amazed at how many people on this list<br>
>> take a chance to have a go at something when they have not given it more<br>
>> than a brief shot. Claim it it the originators fault and then start<br>
>> making jokes about how crap it is.<br>
>><br>
> Listen: I downloaded your track played it back with vlc. Listened to the<br>
> first 2 minutes and all I hear is a fm-like wobble. I then skip through<br>
> the piece (lasting 80 minutes) and no matter where I listen I hear wobble.<br>
><br>
> Either your file is broken or it's very experimental (I doubt the<br>
> latter), don't tell me I'm insulting you! At least<br>
> check/reencode/mp3ize/upload-on-soundcloud/anything the file before you<br>
> insult me!<br>
><br>
><br>
<br>
</div>I have verified that what Will is hearing is what I am presenting.<br>
<br>
To be honest I am insulted.<br>
<br>
Not because of your comment that the track was experimental. Coming from<br>
you that is kind of a compliment.<br>
<br>
But because of your lack of feedback on what I might do to clean up the<br>
sound to make it more palatable for a wider audience.<br>
<br>
Anyway, I am resigned to this track not being received well and I will<br>
have to do the required tweaks under my own direction.<br>
<br>
At least it is not my favourite track in the session. Perhaps my next<br>
track will get a better reception now that the ice has been broken.<br>
<br>
BTW, I'm not looking for approval. That will be a nice addition if it<br>
happens. I'm seeking a purely technical discussion of what can be done<br>
to clean up the sound for a wider range of audio systems.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Cheers.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
Patrick Shirkey<br>
Boost Hardware Ltd<br>
<br>
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